Hi Kirby, thank you! I still really enjoy playing this melodeon and I've visited Emmanuel's melodeon making workshops in France a couple of times recently. They are very popular!
I have listened to your video a number of times as I work at learning this composition. I love the tone of your instrument - very sweet sounding. I had just about made up my mind to buy a Cajun accordion - have a son working in Lake Charles, Louisiana, just a short distance from two of the best builders in the country - Savoy and Martin. After listening to your instrument, however, I am not sure I want to go that route. Not that I can afford to travel from Texas to England to build a Pariselle, but I could wish. It is something I would love to do. I had a marvelous experience a few years ago traveling to a class to build a bamboo fly rod - I can imagine the enjoyment of the Pariselle class. I am wondering about your instrument - you mentioned Jurgens Ciccarelli reeds - the class notes for the next build don't mention that kind of reed, so wondering if yours was special order. I was also wondering if you chose the LM (L, M, and LM) voicing. I am currently thinking Oakwood is the closest I can get to the sound of your instrument, but am open to suggestions.
Hi, Jim. I don't know what reeds Emmanuel is using at the moment but I will be visiting him during his melodeon building course in Gouaux in France in July (4th - 12th July 2018). I may be able to check with him. I visited him in Embraud in France last year and the melodeons that everyone was making sounded nice. Mine is MM voicing and the tuning is not dry. The reeds are tuned slightly apart to give a wetter sound. If you click on my name above, it will show you all of my videos. One of these shows how we built our melodeons. Halsway Manor, and Emmanuel, are using my video to publicise their courses and so you may have seen my video before. I heard an Oakwood new melodeon a couple of weeks ago that was wet tuned and it sounded very nice. However, the only way to find out for sure if you will like a particular melodeon is to try it for yourself. I have 6 modern melodeons and every one of them sounds completely different! Most of mine are Castagnari melodeons. 'Acorn Instruments', in Yorkshire, holds the largest stock of Castagnaris in the UK.
Hi Jim, thanks for your kind comment. I have not written out this tune yet. I tend to play by ear, even though I can read and write music. One day perhaps I will write out the music, when I am not so busy!
OK - will watch for it. In the meantime, I will see if I can learn it from the video. One would think that with almost seventy years of playing accordion behind me, I should be able to pick it up.
Thanks, Andrew! The tune is called 'Just One More Day.' It was written after I spent months visiting a sick relative in hospital, hence the sad and slow introduction.
So beautiful and wonderfully played. Thanks for the background story too.right on.
Hi Kirby, thank you! I still really enjoy playing this melodeon and I've visited Emmanuel's melodeon making workshops in France a couple of times recently. They are very popular!
Very nice Ian and lovely box!!!
Thanks! I enjoy playing this box because it has a really nice tone.
I have listened to your video a number of times as I work at learning this composition. I love the tone of your instrument - very sweet sounding. I had just about made up my mind to buy a Cajun accordion - have a son working in Lake Charles, Louisiana, just a short distance from two of the best builders in the country - Savoy and Martin. After listening to your instrument, however, I am not sure I want to go that route. Not that I can afford to travel from Texas to England to build a Pariselle, but I could wish. It is something I would love to do. I had a marvelous experience a few years ago traveling to a class to build a bamboo fly rod - I can imagine the enjoyment of the Pariselle class. I am wondering about your instrument - you mentioned Jurgens Ciccarelli reeds - the class notes for the next build don't mention that kind of reed, so wondering if yours was special order. I was also wondering if you chose the LM (L, M, and LM) voicing. I am currently thinking Oakwood is the closest I can get to the sound of your instrument, but am open to suggestions.
Hi, Jim. I don't know what reeds Emmanuel is using at the moment but I will be visiting him during his melodeon building course in Gouaux in France in July (4th - 12th July 2018). I may be able to check with him. I visited him in Embraud in France last year and the melodeons that everyone was making sounded nice. Mine is MM voicing and the tuning is not dry. The reeds are tuned slightly apart to give a wetter sound. If you click on my name above, it will show you all of my videos. One of these shows how we built our melodeons. Halsway Manor, and Emmanuel, are using my video to publicise their courses and so you may have seen my video before. I heard an Oakwood new melodeon a couple of weeks ago that was wet tuned and it sounded very nice. However, the only way to find out for sure if you will like a particular melodeon is to try it for yourself. I have 6 modern melodeons and every one of them sounds completely different! Most of mine are Castagnari melodeons. 'Acorn Instruments', in Yorkshire, holds the largest stock of Castagnaris in the UK.
Auriez vous partition merci daniel
Salut Daniel, je suis désolé, mais je n'ai pas la partition musicale. Je compose et joue à l'oreille.
Wat is the nam of your song sank
Je jour sur le diato d emanuel pariselle metci bn musisues
Bonjour Daniel, la mélodie s'appelle, 'Just One More Day' ( Juste un Jour de Plus ). Merci.
Is sheet music available for this beautiful composition you have written?
Hi Jim, thanks for your kind comment. I have not written out this tune yet. I tend to play by ear, even though I can read and write music. One day perhaps I will write out the music, when I am not so busy!
OK - will watch for it. In the meantime, I will see if I can learn it from the video. One would think that with almost seventy years of playing accordion behind me, I should be able to pick it up.
Beautiful. What is the title of your tune?
Thanks, Andrew! The tune is called 'Just One More Day.' It was written after I spent months visiting a sick relative in hospital, hence the sad and slow introduction.
Very fitting. Nice job.